You’re kinda proving the parent’s point.

>There's exactly zero arguments for any kind of flat or minimalistic design outside of art

Here’s one: helping the interface stay out of the way, removing clutter so the actual content of the app takes focus instead.

I can tell you it works because with the new Glass stuff everything is begging for attention again, and I hate it.

And just to be clear, I’m not voting for design overflattened to the point one can’t tell icons apart. For me, around 4 in the diagram is the ideal middle point.

What’s he’s saying (behind too many opinions) is that actual HCI studies collected in something resembling a scientific manner show very clearly that skeuomorphic work better, for many clearly defined metrics of better.

> helping the interface stay out of the way, removing clutter so the actual content of the app takes focus instead.

Yeah, like when I need to guess what is clickable and what isn't...

>You’re kinda proving the parent’s point.

Exactly, I agree with the parent! They're right, it only happens that their strawman is actually true :)